11.   Japanese delegates say the electric lance is the best method to shorten the killing time and is still the most effective secondary killing method.

12.   Last minute negotiations to put a bilateral U.S.-Japanese insurance deal on a firm international footing, were also wrapped up, according to Japanese delegates.

13.   With land for cow pastures increasingly scarce in their country, Japanese delegates say whales remain an important source of food.

14.   Japan was also likely to come aboard, although Japanese delegates here were still awaiting instructions from Tokyo, they said.

15.   Japanese delegates here have argued that the Minky population has been increasing and insist that neither the sanctuary nor an international moratorium on commercial whaling is therefore justified.

16.   The last session was the fourth since midday Friday between Japanese delegates and Mickey Kantor, the US Trade Representative.